Hazare said he was announcing a plan of action to dispel the notion that he had gone into a shell and that there was no agenda to carry forward the movement against corruption.

NEW DELHI: The simmering tension between Arvind Kejriwal-Prashant Bhushan duo and their former colleagues who did not part ways with Gandhian leader Anna Hazare came to the fore on Saturday with the Hazare group criticizing their estranged comrades for relying on serial exposes.

"It is not enough to just expose scams but it is important to go into the root cause of corruption that can happen only through the national-level people's movement," said activist Medha Patkar on Saturday referring to the tactics of the Kejriwal-Bhushan duo.

Although Patkar took no names, the remark echoing the Hazare team's criticism of "hit-and-run" tactics it feels Kejriwal employs put the spotlight on the growing chasm between the two camps who had rattled the government with their agitation for a Lokpal.

Hazare said he was announcing a plan of action to dispel the notion that he had gone into a shell and that there was no agenda to carry forward the movement against corruption.

With the two sides going their ways soon after Team Anna put corruption right on top of the public debate, Hazare pointedly emphasized that he will now embark on a nationwide campaign to spread awareness against graft rather than gathering crowds at Jantar Mantar and Ramlila Maidan — the protest sites identified with the Lokpal movement.

The open expression of differences comes against the backdrop of a growing perception that Kejriwal has stolen a march over Hazare, defying the estimate that a separation would push the former Indian Revenue Service (IRS) official to the sidelines. Kejriwal had looked tentative in the wake of split with Hazare, but now seems to be gaining in confidence as he plays the David versus Goliath script with increasing adroitness.

Hazare's newly-formed movement has had a shaky start with the first meeting enveloped by rumours of infighting within the group. A press statement issued by the group said Hazare reconstituted the coordination committee to "re-energize" India Against Corruption (IAC) movement.

When asked if the Hazare camp would give up the name since the Kejriwal-led group was using IAC for its political work, the Gandhian leader said he was not in favour of a confrontation. Former police officer Kiran Bedi added, "Some of our members have left but IAC continues. They anyway intend to have a different name for their political party. IAC will remain as it is."

The new faces in the committee are former DGP (Punjab) Shashikant, ex-IAS officer Avinash Dharmadhikari, Lt Col Brijendra Khokhar, Ran Singh Arya, activist Akshay Kumar and agriculture expert Vishambhar Chaudhary. Former Army chief gen VK Singh was invited but excused himself from the meeting.

Giving details of the future plan of action, Hazare said the coordination committee will be expanded by including around 40 more eminent citizens within a month.

Speaking about the agenda of the movement, he said, "After the split, there have been some doubts that I have become silent and there is no forward movement. We have never stopped. The movement is on. We don't want the useless government Lokpal. We will fight for a strong Lokpal, decentralization, Right to Reject, Citizens Charter and system change. If we have all these laws, 90% of corruption can be eradicated."

The group is also planning to hold "Anna pathshalas" where volunteers will be trained in law, ethics, RTI and general awareness across the country.